Vehicle-hub



' v. A.. SALLOT.

VBHGLE HUB v No. 288,121'. 2f Patentes@ Nov. 6, 188s.

(No Model.)

been placed around the hub, and if the lends ery. Instead of wires use has also been made "TA'lEs verliere-Hue.

SPECIFICATION forming To all whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, Vieron A. SALLor, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Hubs,'of which the following is a specification, reference being had herein to the accompanying drawings.

This'invention relates to an improved metallic band for strengthening the Wooden hubs of vehicle-wheels, the object being to prevent the fracture or splittingof the hubs.

Figure l is a side view, partly in section, of a hub having my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a sectional perspective.

Heretofore it has been customary to strengthen the hubsby means of wires wrapped around the hub in a large number of convolutions, there being a comparatively thinV layer of soft metal placed on top for the purpose of giving a smooth finish at the periphoi' a fiat metallic band wrapped around the hub in a groove, the band having its coils superposed upon one another.

The present invention has for its aim to produce a band which shall be much'stronger than those heretofore used, and which shall be more easily and cheaply made, one of its features being thatl it has but a single coil of wire, the tensile strength of which is supplemented by thestrength of the metallic band in such Way that the numerous coils heretofore used are not necessary. It will be apparent that after a single coil of wire hasn can be so secured as to prevent their separating, there will be no additional strength provided, no matter how great a number of additional coils be provided, for, if the wire or band breaks at anyr point, al1 of the" coils are rendered useless. l have succeeded in making a singlecoil perform the work of the larger number of coils heretofore used, and at the same time give a greater support to the hub. f

A represents the hub generally, which may be made of any shape or size. It is provided with one or more grooves, a, there pref- 'tributed around the whole coil.

part of Letters Patent No. 288,121, dated November 6, 1883. Application tiled September 2U, 1883. (No model.)

erably being one upon each side of the series of spoke-sockets a.

B represents a wire which is sufliciently I long to make about one and one-eighth coil in the groove a-that is to say, the end `b overlaps the end b about one-eighth of a coil.

tom of the. groove, as has been customary heretofore in employing Wire for strengthening hubs. To so stretch it is an operation of considerable difficulty and expense, requiring the use of machinery and tools which I entirely obviate. At the ends I) b there iare hooks or points c formed, each being at an angle to the longitudinal line of the Wire, and they can be driven into the wood, either at the bottom or the side of the groove a.. The wire, it will be seen by examining the drawings, is left, as said above, loose-that is, so as to have some space between it and the bottoni of the groove. After the wire has been secured in place the metal C is poured into the groove. This lls up the space not only above or outside of the wire B, but also below or inside of it and the spaces by the sides thereof hence the wire B is embedded in a strong band of metal, and in turn the metal binds the two ends of the wire together, andso fastens it that any longitudinal strain on the wire at one point is practically dis- Thus it will be-seen that the wire and the metal co-operate to form a strong and durableband, which,

while being much cheaper than those here-l tofore used and more easily made, is much more efficient, as a larger amount of the metal C can be used without employing a larger groove to receive it.` A .Y

If desired, the Wi're may bev corrugated or roughened, or provided with spurs which will engage with the metal and insure that there shall be no slipping of the one relatively to the other.

What I claim is- 1. The herein-described metallic band for a wooden vehicle-hub, it having a wire, B, and metal C joined to the wire, and situated both beneath and, outside the wire, substantially as set forth.

2. In a strengthening-band for a vehicle- VThis wire is not stretched taut along the bot- IOO hub, the combination of the wire B, arranged 2 y sesam the metal C,"coo1edand hardened around the tially as set forth. Y l Wire and the overlapping ends thereof, i and In testimony whereof I affix my signature in partly situated between the Wire and the hub, presence of two Witnesses. 5 substantially as set forth.

to form a coil and av fraction of another, and poured and hardened upon the Wire, suostan 1o 3. In a strengthening-band for a Wooden VICTOR A' SALLOT i vehic1e-hub, the combination'of the Wire'B, Witnesses: provided with hooks at the end adapted to be AUGUST C. TRENTMAN, driven'into the Wooden hub7 and the metal C, BERNARD REHNEN. 

